St.Patrick was a man of God
Who came to Erin's land
With a loving prayer within his heart,
A shamrock in his hand
He used the three-leafed shamrock
To help all his people see
How there could be three persons
In the Holy Trinity
And the faith the Irish learned from him
Today can still be found
A heritage as lovely
As the countryside around.

Long ago, a holy man, whose name was Valentine,
grew a flower garden with sights and scents divine.
He invited all the children to come there every day,
to frolic in the flowers, to skip and sing and play.
One day this kindly man was led away to prison
for believing in the Savior who had died for us and risen.
Saddened, all the children wished to send their love,
and so they sent a message carried by a dove ...
"To Our Dearest Valentine," the message was addressed,
and with it they sent violets-of all flowers, the most blessed.
They sent him many love notes till his life was sacrificed
for refusing to deny his belief in Jesus Christ.
Today, he tends a garden in heaven up above-
we know him as St. Valentine, the patron saint of love.
We celebrate our love on his feast day every year
by sending cards and flowers to those our hearts hold dear.
As we honor Valentine's Day, we are reminded of its start-
by the man who gave the Lord his love, his life, his heart.
~~author unknown to me~~